Well, it's Meet the Teacher night tonight. We will be meeting at 6.30 in the hall for a chat as a whole syndicate, then we'll be going down to the classrooms where you will have a chance to talk to us.

It's been a week since my last update. Last week we learnt a bit more about greetings in different languages, we learnt some math games and how to look up words in the dictionary. At this stage of the year it's still a lot of setting up routines stuff, really, and book layout. 

We've got our Class Treaty finalised, and these are the things we have come up with...

We agree to:
1. Listen carefully and follow instructions.
2. Keep hands, feet and objects to ourselves.
3. Move around in a sensible manner.
4. Respect others and their property.
5. Be kind and fair to others.

Those five rules cover a lot of ground, and there is a list of consequences for breaking them. For more information on what exactly this treaty entails and the consequences, see the red wall in the classroom, near the front.

This week for topic we will pick a different culture (we looked at Chinese New Year last week) to find out about, as well as finishing off finding out what we wanted to know about Chinese New Year.

This Friday will also be our first time swimming. Hoorah! Swimming is so much fun for the kids, so please remember to remind them about their togs. If you're available on Friday morning to come and help out with swimming, please let me know. I would welcome the help. Swimming is a compulsory part of the curriculum, like math and spelling, and children must come with a note if there is a good reason they cannot swim.

I sent home the Home Reading books today with the children who had them. They're quite excited about these books, so please make a big deal about them. They're fantastic little things for helping motivate children, with certificates and stickers for reading 50 times and so on. They'll bring home reading every night, and a poem on the weekends from now on.

Look foward to seeing you tonight!